

"No sooner had the barbed hook fastened in its insidious hold, 

 and the impaled monarch learned that he was captive, than every 

 effort of his lithe and agile frame was brought into play to re- 

 cover freedom. In every struggle, in every effort to burst the bonds 

 that made him captive, there was an utter recklessness of conse- 

 quences, a disregard for life that was previously unknown, as from 

 side to side of the pool he rushed, or headlong stemmed the sweep- 

 ing current. Nor did the hero confine himself to his own element; 

 again and again he burst from its surface to fall back fatigued, 

 but not conquered. The battle was a severe one, a struggle to 

 the death ; and when the landing net placed the victim at my 

 feet, I felt that he had died the death of a hero. Such was my 

 first sea-trout, no gamer, truly, than hundreds I have captured 

 since ; but what can be expected of a race of which every member 

 is a hero ? " Parker Gilmore. 



i. Silver Doctor. 

 3. Black June. 

 5. Captain. 



2. Scarlet Ibis. 

 4. Gray Drake. 

 6. Academy. 



" If, indeed, you be an angler, join us and welcome, for then it 

 is known to you that no man is in perfect condition to enjoy 

 scenery unless he have a fly-rod in his hand and a fly-book in his 

 pocket." Wm. C. Prime. 



"It was something more than a splendid trout that he brought 

 to our view as we met him at the landing. The young heart in 

 the old body the genuine enthusiasm of the veteran angler the 

 glorification of the gentle art which has soothed and comforted 

 many an aged philosopher all this he revealed to us, and we 

 wanted to lift the grand old man to our shoulders and bear him 

 in reverent triumph up the ascent." A. Judd Northrup. 



"From the fisherman's point of view, the sea trout is equal to 

 the finest grilse that ever ascended Tay or Tweed, exceeding, as 



